Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill. Glenn Greenwald More Quotes by Glenn Greenwald More Quotes From Glenn Greenwald The mythology of the Reagan presidency is that he induced the collapse of the Soviet Union by luring it into unsustainable military spending and wars: should there come a point when we think about applying that lesson to ourselves? Glenn Greenwald military war thinking A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war. Glenn Greenwald president war country The same president who has insisted that core moralism drives him has brought America to its lowest moral standing in history. Glenn Greenwald moral president america Of all the views that are detached from reality, the most delusional is that Christians are persecuted in the U.S. Glenn Greenwald christian views reality The second term of the Bush administration and first five years of the Obama presidency have been devoted to codifying and institutionalizing the vast and unchecked powers that are typically vested in leaders in the name of war. Those powers of secrecy, indefinite detention, mass surveillance, and due-process-free assassination are not going anywhere. They are now permanent fixtures not only in the US political system but, worse, in American political culture. Glenn Greenwald names war years Significant and seemingly impossible social and political change happens more often than we think, and it happens more rapidly than we realize. Even the most momentous change is always possible if one finds the right way to make it happen. Glenn Greenwald political way thinking The key question: will the NSA continue to monitor hundreds of millions of people without any suspicion? Under Obama's proposals: Yes. Glenn Greenwald nsa keys people You can offer the ability to citizens to choose from one of the two parties and elect their leaders as much as you want. But "democracy" is an illusion - a sham - if the most significant acts taken by those leaders are kept concealed from the citizenry. Glenn Greenwald party taken two It is always unconscionable for the government to punish people for expressing an idea merely because government officials - or the majority of citizens - decide that those ideas are 'dangerous' or 'wrong.' That is a power nobody ought to possess. Glenn Greenwald government people ideas Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else. Glenn Greenwald expertise closing self The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist. Glenn Greenwald yelling definitions lovers For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election. Glenn Greenwald drones criticism waiting I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is. Glenn Greenwald candidates vote claims To permit surveillance to take root on the Internet would mean subjecting virtually all forms of human interaction, planning, and even thought itself to comprehensive state examination. Glenn Greenwald examination roots mean It's so much easier to debate people when you can pretend that they hold moronic position that they don't actually believe. Glenn Greenwald nsa believe people Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations Glenn Greenwald whistleblowers surveillance nsa The bottom layer of the right-wing noise machine. Glenn Greenwald layers machines wings When poor and ordinary Americans who commit crimes are prosecuted and imprisoned, that is Justice. When the same thing is done to Washington elites, that is Ugly Retribution. Glenn Greenwald done ordinary justice The promise of the Internet has always been that it was gonna be this unprecedentedly potent instrument of liberation and democratization. It would let you explore things and meet people who you wouldn't otherwise get to know, in completely free and unconstrained ways. Glenn Greenwald people way promise You can't have a pristine house with ten dogs, and I'd rather have the ten dogs. Glenn Greenwald pristine dog house
